Appendices – Japan Studies (M.A. Program)

 

APPENDIX A: CORE COURSES (25 credits)

A minimum of 25 credits much be selected from the core courses list.

 

Course Number Course Title Credits
JSIS 584 * Special Topics: Modern Japanese History 5
JSIS A 423* Origins of Modern Japan 5
JSIS A 424* Japan Since the Early 20th Century 5
JSIS A 435 Japanese Government and Politics 5
JSIS A 436/536 Political Parties in Japan and East Asia 5
JSIS A 437/537 International Relations in Japan 5
JSIS A 440/539 Japanese History in Ecological Perspective 5
JSIS A 415/548 National Security of Japan 5
JSIS A 484/553 Asian Financial Systems 5
JSIS A 473/573 Political Economy of Postwar Japan 5
JSIS A 474/574 Civil Society in Japan and East Asia 5
JSIS A 477/577 Political Economy of Postwar Japan and Northeast Asia 5
JSIS A 478/578 Japanese Business and Technology 5
JSIS A 472/581 Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China 5
JSIS A 487/587 Japanese Trade Politics 5

* These courses are eligible for this requirement if you have not already used them to fulfill your history requirement.

APPENDIX B: ELECTIVES (17 credits)

17 credits of elective work can be selected from both the electives list and the core courses list.

 

Course Number Course Title Credits
ARCH 441 Visions of the Japanese House 3
ARCH 453 / ART H 419 Japanese Architecture 3
JAPAN 301-3 Third-Year Japanese 5-5-5
JAPAN 401-3 Fourth-Year Japanese 5-5-5
JAPAN 431-33 Readings in Modern Japanese Literature 5-5-5
JAPAN 435 Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature 5
JAPAN 451-53 Fifth-Year Japanese 5-5-5
JAPAN 472-73 Readings in Classical Japanese Literature 5-5
JAPAN 531-33 Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese Literature 5-5-5
JAPAN 580 Development of Modern Japanese Fiction 5
JAPAN 590 Seminar in Japanese Literature 5
JAPAN 595 Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Art and Society 5
JSIS 584 Special Topics (when on Japan, with approval of GPC) 5
JSIS 600 Independent Study 1-10
JSIS A 432 History of the Japanese Empire 5
JSIS A 449 Anthropology of Modern Japan 5
JSIS A 540 Japanese Law 4
JSIS B 531 Crisis simulation (when taught by R. Pekkanen) 5
JSIS D 549 Government Regulation of Business in Japan 3